The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-30
when potatoes are dug in a wet time

When potatoes are dug IN wet time
more or less soil will adhere to them. To
remove this when unloading the potatoes
/ roll them down rack of Stats set length
wise, and far enough apart so that the
| potatoes will not fall through In roll
/ ing over on this slat most Of the dirt will
be knocked off and fall to the ground be-
meath.
II is much better when ploughing the
ground late in the fall to leave the ridges
in the rough condition instead of harrow
ing, ms the frost will exert more COM
plete disintegration of the clods. BY
late ploughing, especially after frost, the
cutworms will be destroye and the land
more easily cross ploughed the following
spring.
The present tide of opinion is that
corn for ensilage should he cut Just as it
is going out of the "roastng- car stage
l. e., Just as most of the ears fairly begin
to dent and glaze. At that time stalk,
tassel and leaves are full grown, and yet
green and tender, and probably contain
about all the nutriment they will ever
get from the soil.
An important item in providing shell
ter for sheep is to have it dry. A wet
place for them to stand or lie, either in
the summer or winter, is very unhealthy
and should certainly be avoided when
ever it can be. The sheep shed and yard
should always be furnished with good
drainage, and the roof and the shed
should be made tight.
The shape of eggs has nothing to do
with the life germ; it conforms with the
shape of the ovary and duct: hence we
have long eggs, short eggs and round
eggs. The air she'll and germ is in the
broad end, and if this part is smooth
and even and if the germ is fertii ed,
that is all that is necessary so far as shape
goes. Hens lay larger eggs than pullets.
The largest apple orchard in the
United States is claimed by Fairmount,
in Leavenworth County, Kansas. 1t con-
tains 437 acres, and is composed of So
600 trees of the following varieties:
Seventy acres Of winesaps, 2l0 of Ben
Davis, 20 acres of Missouri Pippins, 40
acres of Genitans, s acres Cooper's Early,
and s acres of Maiden's Blush. Last years
crop is estimated at 40, 900 bushels.
Bruised apples soon decay, and there
are few windfalls that are not somewhat
bru ised. A very few of these in barrel
will spoil the whole before winter is
over. They are fit only for immediate
use, and for this there is often much
waste, as the bruised spot is discolored
and must be cut out before eating or
cooking. In most cases the windfalls are
also worm eaten, which causes their pre-
mature ripening.
Wire grass is pest that proves very
troublesome, and every joint produces a
new plant. Ii it overruns a field the
surest mode of killing it is to keep the
ground well shaded with some thickly
growing crop, .ch as millet, buckwheat
or peas. Wire grass delights in plenty
of sunlight. If it becomes thckly rooted
the ground should be ploughed and har-
rowed, and a shading crop put on as
soon after as possible.
Roses in winter are not often killed by
cold but by the drying out of moisture
which cold often causes. We have known
roses in cold frames where the thermome-
ter must have been down to zero wholly
uninjured when they often suffer seri-
ously by a frost of twenty degrees in the
open ground. Oiled muslin STREET he'd
over the bed is a good idea, because it
ends in death. 1t is also now well known
that bright light is often great agent
in the death-dealing evaporation of our
cold winters, so that the oiled muslin,
aiding da kness against light ought to
ha merit in preserving roses,
The on Y reason advanced against
shade trees in pastures is that cows are
l9tlined to spend too much of their time
under them. and consequently give less
milk than they would if no shade ex-
listed This is not the case. ows that
rest portion of the time under trees
feed more at night than do those that
have no shade in their pastures. The
more comfortably and quietly we keep
our COWS the more milk they will pro
duce, and we contend that cows that
have a shady group of trees to lie under
will produce as much milk as cows do
without shade. In many places of lin
tied extent it is often desirable to extend
the plantation beyond the garden portion
of the grounds, and one is glad to see
that it may be done without injury to the
grazing interests.